Do Early Smoking Experiences Count in Development of Smoking?: Temporal Stability and Predictive Validity of an Early Smoking Experience Questionnaire in Adolescents

摘要

Aims:The experience during initial experimentation with smoking might influence later development of smoking behavior; however, measuring early smoking experience (ESE) usually requires self-reports for which stability and predictive validity are relatively understudied. The aims of the study are (a) to examine temporal stability of the ESE questionnaire and (b) to test the hypothesis that early pleasant and unpleasant experience scales predict changes in smoking status among adolescents.